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test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch 2 15 Sep 2026, 15:23

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 23:40.270 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.348
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.120
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.192
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.148
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.201
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.200
And persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.186
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.344
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.538
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.235
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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30.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.735
And the system is very low on memory 3.995
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.207
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.495
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.116
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.464
And I free up some memory 0.474
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.909
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:55.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.637
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.403
And all tps features are active 9.530
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.010
When I disable the first tps feature 2.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.414
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.844
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.605
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.237
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.396
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.769
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.215
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.482
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.903
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.795
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.225
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.098
When I write some files expected to persist 1.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.451
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.605
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.481
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.813
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.838
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.845
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.714
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.107
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.101
Tags: @product
39.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.924
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.483
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.413
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.003
When I enable persistence 22.122
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.796
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.972
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.457
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.378
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.648
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.695
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
When I cold reboot the computer 5.926
And the computer reboots Tails 35.073
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.116
Given I enable persistence 14.540
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.732
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.155
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.900
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 28.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.610
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.852
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
41.676
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.855
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.563
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.633
And all notifications have disappeared 9.528
When I delete the persistent partition 2.712
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.213
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.074
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.011
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.120
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.854
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.107
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.192
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.979
And all notifications have disappeared 8.039
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.263
And all tps features are enabled 8.269
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.527
And I enable persistence 27.632
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.453
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.635
And persistence is enabled 8.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.676
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.186
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.193
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.860
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.440
When I enable persistence 13.684
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.588
When I try to enable persistence 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.757
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.225
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.257
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.642
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.964
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.185
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.088
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.718
And all notifications have disappeared 7.647
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.259
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.105
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.236
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.234
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.244
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.315
When I log in to a new session 7.928
And all notifications have disappeared 7.671
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.453
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000